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  • Firefox 59 to make it a lot harder to use data URIs in phishing attacks

    While a domain name is really just a short string, this string comes with a large amount of implicit metadata: the registration date; the IP address(es) the domain currently points to and has pointed to in the past; the associated name servers; past activity observed using the domain. For this reason, domain names play an…

  • Firefox 59 to make it a lot harder to use data URIs in phishing attacks

    While a domain name is really just a short string, this string comes with a large amount of implicit metadata: the registration date; the IP address(es) the domain currently points to and has pointed to in the past; the associated name servers; past activity observed using the domain. For this reason, domain names play an…

  • Compromised websites used to mine bitcoins

    In-the-browser botnet turns victims’ CPU cycles into cash for the attackers. Researchers have discovered a compromised website where a piece of JavaScript has been included that is used to mine bitcoins for the attacker. Bitcoins are a digital currency whose popularity and value have increased significantly in recent years. Bitcoins can be used to make…

  • Nearly 20% still running IE 6

    VB poll finds users still running outdated browser despite campaigns to boycott it. Despite widespread calls to boycott IE 6 and Microsoft ‘s plans to retire support for the browser, 19% of respondents in a Virus Bulletin poll said that they are still running the browser, whether at home, at work, or both. The browser…

  • Google shows off in-house browser beta

    Open-source ‘Chrome’ promises security as well as efficiency. Ever-expanding web giant Google has released an early version of its own browser, developed in house but under open-source principles, with a number of built-in security systems and techniques supplementing new ideas for speed and efficiency. The browser, dubbed ‘ Chrome ‘, will include alerts from Google…

  • Controversy over IE-to-Firefox exploit

    MS and Mozilla in row over blame for cross-browser attack. An exploit which involves browsing to a malicious website using Internet Explorer , but then launches an attack via a loophole in Mozilla Firefox , is causing controversy over which piece of software is ‘vulnerable’. The attack, apparently discovered simultaneously by two separate groups of…

  • Bugs found in Apple’s new Windows browser within hours of release

    Safari not so good-y. A number of security researchers say they found bugs in Apple ‘s brand new web browser Safari for Windows just hours after its public beta release on 11 June. The only bug to have been independently verified so far was discovered by researcher Thor Larholm and concerns Safari ‘s failure to…